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Agatha Christie’s Vacation Home
Where do great minds think? I often wonder where other authors do their thinking. I know Lee Child works from an office in his Manhattan apartment. As for myself, I work part of the year writing mysteries and thrillers in my Florida office, and I spend part of the year writing and researching books in Traverse […]
5 Recent, Weird, and TRUE Pieces of DNA News
As a crime writer, I love DNA to the moon and back. Seriously— DNA is so valuable for clues and evidence in the books I write, I don’t know what I’d do without it. Well, no one would exist without it. But you know what I mean. DNA is frequently the subject of mind-bending news […]
Saturday Special: Fun With Grammar!
What are weekends for, if not for having fun with grammar?? Based on your reading pet peeves survey results, I know many of you will agree with me — grammar is more than a book of rules — it’s a way of life! “Thank you, apostrophes, for being pretty cool, even though sometimes you can […]
Saturday Special: What To Do In London?
As I mentioned earlier, I’m heading across the pond next week to London! I won’t have a ton of free time since I have three book events to attend, but if I find a few spare hours, what should I do?? Of course, visiting a pub is one item on my ‘must-do’ list. If I had the […]
When Life Hands You Lemons (Part 2)
When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Martinis–With a Twist!* When last we saw your intrepid author, she’d picked herself up and dusted herself off after her largest client filed for bankruptcy, only to be hit by another fusillade of lemons. (CLICK HERE to read Part One) Slammed by lawsuits, my publisher failed and bankruptcy followed. […]
Sleuthing in Orlando
This week, I’m planning to do some sleuthing. What is sleuthing? Merriam-Webster defines it this way: “to act as a detective ; search for information”. Then yes, that’s exactly what I’ll be doing this week! Starting Thursday, I’m participating in SleuthFest 2014 in Orlando, Florida. SleuthFest is a three-day conference for mystery writers and fans. […]
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